A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Benefits of a Multimedia Educational Program for First-Time Hearing Aid Users

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 123-136

  Ferguson, Melanie ^a,b   Brandreth, Marian ^a,b   Brassington, William ^b   Leighton, Paul ^a   Wharrad, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory rehabilitation; E learning; Education; Hearing aid benefit; Hearing loss; Knowledge; Reusable learning objects; Teleaudiology; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84960454226     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000237     Document Type: Article

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